Bi-Directional Associations Between Psychological Arousal, Cortisol, and Sleep

Behavioral Sleep Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 28-40

  Garde, Anne Helene ^a   Albertsen, Karen ^b,c   Persson, Roger ^a,c   Hansen, Åse Marie ^a,c   Rugulies, Reiner ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^b Team Working Life   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALIVA; SECRETION; SELF REPORT; SLEEP;

ADULT; AROUSAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SALIVA; SELF REPORT; SLEEP; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84857217596     PISSN: 15402002     EISSN: 15402010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15402002.2012.636272     Document Type: Article

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